Lucire November 2004 Before After
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The circuit Previewing catwalks in Auckland, november 2004 New York, San Francisco, Stockholm and Helen Melbourne Talbot The creative spirit of the New Zealand designer The Brushing Maldives Six senses in up on beauty Good foundations paradise That girl at Getting Ti\any’s scent-sual New season, Lightly she goes new scents Red hot Tahiti From hair to Win a trip accessories in this issue and everything in between true style 1 1 GST The global fashion magazine | www.lucire.com incl. http://lucire.com 1175-7515 1 $9·45 NZ ISSN 9 7 7 1 1 7 5 7 5 1 0 0 4 THIS MONTH THIS Beauty For the Re-creation time The venue Jean Jacques Hair Design sanctuary Lambton House 160 Lambton Quay Wellington elcome New Zealand to the Telephone 64 4 499-9627 Lucire Beauty de- partment. This part of the Wmagazine is reserved for a quiet moments so you can slip off your heels; put up your feet; and enjoy a lovely glass of your favourite beverage. Perhaps take us into your sanctuary of bubble-bath heaven where we intro- duce you to our glossy, powdered and pampered world. This month’s makeover for marketing This is the place where beauty is more than manager Sarah Dickens took place at something to be hung up. Never taken too seri- ously because, let’s face it, it’s what’s on the L’Oréal Professionnel salon Jean Jacques inside that really counts! Hair Design in Wellington, New Zealand, It’s the spot for having fun and a giggle; a re- with the genius of Paris-trained Jean prieve from the demands of everyday life. Jacques (right). Jack Yan profi les him We will be introducing you to talented, vibrant people in the beauty industry, some whose photographed by Douglas Rimington names you may not recognize, but defi nitely known by beauty insiders! You will see tons of gor- geous products and treatments from within New ur makeover sub- Jean Jacques, ‘that they know more than you. Zealand and abroad. Because we know that most ject, Sarah Dickens, ‘In New Zealand, people are nice and they can’t afford a personal make-up artist or stylist, we called him a ‘mind- appreciate you.’ have found some of the top industry players in a reader’. It may not be They certainly have. Jean Jacques claims variety of fi elds to give you their tips and tricks of the label Wellington, the majority of his clients have come from the trade in real life (read usable) terms. We want New Zealand-based referrals and despite not speaking much you to be your best: beautiful and gorgeous on the salon owner Jean English when arriving in Wellington, managed inside and outside. OJacques would give to himself, but he to translate his customers’ wishes through sign So light your candles, get something to drink, does believe that women have their own language. maybe soak in a hot scented tub; and get ready inner beauty which he tries to bring from When tackling Sarah’s hair style, his pas- for some fun. Come play with the Lucire beauty within. sion for working with new clients and creating editors! Jean Jacques has had a life-long pas- something novel emerged. ‘I get excited be- sion for hair. At age 12, he was offered a cause I want to see the fi nal look. It is not just a job at a salon, which he did after school. job—there is excitement.’ He started at polytechnic at 16 and later For the season, Jean Jacques predicts hair trained in Paris. In his native Beirut, he that is ‘more straight, silky, smooth; more [of- had a salon for much of the 1990s. ten] than curly. I can’t see curls coming back.’ But he did not feel he had travelled. In He does believe his own style refl ects his 1997, he felt it was time for a change and personality: ‘I like the easy look. I’m more had heard about New Zealand. towards the “casual chic”. I love the fact a client After a few years, he opened his own can run her fi ngers through her hair without business in Wellington, selling his salon losing her style.’ He favours a softer look, rather in Beirut. than a spiky one. ‘My average client is over Describing the New Zealand style, 40 [and likes] elegant, chic and soft.’ His team Jean Jacques says it is ‘more European’. help cover the spectrum of clients’ demands. Seven years ago, Beirut styles were Jean Jacques’ long-term partnership with more casual but the clientèle more L’Oréal Professionnel keeps the salon updated Stevie Wilson is beauty editor of Lucire. demanding. They had a mentality, recalls with the latest colours and techniques. • 46 lucire november 2004 Before After JEAN JACQUES HAIR DESIGN Sarah’s journey: a turning point Fstyle intelligence. When asked about my makeover with Lucire and asked if I would be interested in doing a and Jean Jacques, one word pops into my makeover. What better way to celebrate this head: extraordinary. achievement and really make a new start? First, I would like to express my gratitude to Having said this, I was completely beside my- the Lucire team, especially to Jack Yan and self with nerves and trepidation. Since I was Nicola Brockie, and to the wonderful Jean 14, my hair had never changed: I hid behind it Jacques whose talent is unsurpassed. in so many respects; it, to me, was my secu- Getting Sarah’s look My journey began back in May 2003. My rity blanket—long, blonde, left down to cover sister had a birthday party at a friend’s place my face as much as possible. Make-up by Lancôme where there was a spa pool. We girls had a The day of the makeover arrived and • Lancôme Mat Finish O3 Shine great night, pictures were taken and fun was although I was very wary it became apparent Control Sheer Pressed Powder • Lancôme Color id Self-Adjusting had. I was yet to realize that this night would I had no need to be. The wonderful team at Colour Weightless make-up (bottom right) be a huge turning point in my life. Lucire and at Jean Jacques Hair Design did • Lancôme Blush Focus in Lanawi (above Once the pictures had been developed, I everything they could to put me at ease. It felt right) got a short, sharp shock back to the land of as if Jean Jacques had read my mind and got • Lancôme Juicy Rouge in Guanaja lip reality: I was huge! This is no understatement: to work on my hair. colour no. 140 (right) it would seem that what had been reflected in A few hours later, I turned to look at my- • Lancôme Hypnôse mascara the mirror each morning was a warped sense self in the mirror. My eyes welled up when I Hair by L’Oréal Professionnel of who I really was. I would tell myself that I saw the reflection staring back at me: a new • L’Oréal Professionnel Majirel, between wasn’t big at all and it was just the way I was woman was here, and she was more self- 6·3 + 6·34 built and carry on. Once a picture had been confident and self-assured than the first. My • Bath: Kérastase Oléo-Relax Hair Bath taken there was no escaping the fact that my insides reflected the way I looked, positive, for Smoothing Dry and Rebellious Hair weight had gone out of control. bright, bubbly and happy. • Care: Kérastase Oléo-Relax Masque for The next day, I joined Weight Watchers with It is easy to get caught up in what we Optimum Nutrition • Hair cut, layered and textured all over, my Mum and sister, who had already been should look like, the ideals we see every day. with the ends thinned, resulting in a members for a few months. It was a daunting It was Lucire who taught me that to bring long, layered, textured look day, but a day I knew must happen. I hopped the outside in closer to the inside was a true • Kérastase Brume Nutri-Sculpt Flexible on the scales and almost fell off at the result! I representation of oneself and, once ac- Hold Shine Mist for Dry and Sensitized Hair was mortified I had let it get so bad and vowed complished, a newfound confidence would • Kérastase Lumière Nutri-Sculpt Lu- that from now on, things would be different. emerge that would carry you throughout your minizing Film Crème Slowly, but surely, the weight started to come life both professional and personally. Bill: nz$298 ($80 cut and blow-wave, $95 off. I found my close support network of friends My advice is: look after yourself, your mind, foils, $98 permanent colour, $25 treat- and family, as well as weekly weigh-ins, were body and soul, surround yourself with positive ment. Will vary depending on length of enough to make me stick to the programme. people and let nothing get in the way of your hair). Seventeen kg later, Lucire approached me dreams.—Sarah Dickens http://lucire.com 47 BEAUTY INSIDER Well red Do you still think that blondes had more fun? Think again! 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